July 16 post: We are one day away from the first mountain stage in the Pyrénées so it's up to the sprinter teams to bring back a break on this rolling stage.

Starting from Rodez, the peloton will take a lumpy/rolling route to Revel some 196 km to the south. Revel is just east of Toulouse and has hosted a finish eight times since first visited 1966. There are five categorized climbs along the way but none of them are difficult. They will, however, be enough to generate a break and in the past breaks have succeeded in Revel. The cat 3 climb just 6 km from the finish will be pivotal. Expect the main break to split on this climb. — Steve

  Bernard Hinault Previews Stage 13 in english and en français (01:01) — letour.fr
  Bob Roll Previews Stage 13 (01:23) — versus

Stage 13 climbs
Km 24.0 - Côte de Mergals - 3.7 km of 3.8 % - Category 4
Km 31.5 - Côte de Bégon - 3.1 km of 4.5 % - Category 4
Km 72.0 - Côte d'Ambialet - 5.2 km of 4.6 % - Category 3
Km 125.0 - Côte de Puylaurens - 4.3 km of 3.9 % - Category 4
Km 188.5 - Côte de Saint-Ferréol - 1.9 km of 6 % - Category 3